Yabane pattern kimono is silk crepe with hand-tie-dyed warp kasuri.
The event, a benefit for the American Cancer Society, starts at 7:30 a.m. Saturday (registration at 7 a.m.) at Kawananakoa Playground on the corner of Nuuanu Avenue and Kuakini Street. Among the sites on the tour: American Cancer Society Home (formerly the Ewart estate); the Japanese Consulate (formerly the Judd estate); the Philippine Consulate, Oahu Cemetery and Queen Emma Summer Palace. Musicians and singers will provide entertainment at the various sites.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for children 13 and under. And if you don't want to walk, there will be shuttles running through the area. Information: 522-0333.
Potters and artists will fire their pieces Saturday along the beach at Kualoa Regional Park. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. there will be a community kiln firing with Ken and Namoi Kang; 1 to 3 p.m., there will be glazing demonstrations and a floating sculpture contest.
Information: 671-8344.
Yabane pattern kimono is silk crepe with hand-tie-dyed warp kasuri.
The prosperous and culturally expansive Taisho Period was a time when Western influence merged with Japanese tradition and the kimonos reflect that influence.
Academy hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.It is closed on Mondays.
Information: 532-8700.
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